01 April 2009

Hoppity hoppity hop

We are adoring Melbourne in the autumn. Hot, sunny, still days and crisp nights that require doonas. Why can't it be autumn all year?

And autumn means Easter. And Easter means eating and family and football and getting the woolly jumpers out of the trunk and holidays.

Here is some Easter reading from Onion childhoods. Except for the first one, these books are not strictly about Easter - but they are about bunnies.

The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes. (1939)

Oh, the well trained little bunnies! Oh, the mother bunny recognised for her talents and her true heart over all those flash jackrabbits!

The Runaway Bunny (1942)

'If you run away, I'll run after you.'So reassuring for a small person. Oh, the illustration with the baby bunny's ears being sails and the mother bunny blowing him home!

Mr Rabbit and the Lovely Present (1977)

'The sun is yellow,' said Mr Rabbit

'But I can't give her the sun,' said the little girl, 'though I would if I could.'

The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)

'You may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr McGregor's garden. Your father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs McGregor. Now run along and don't get into mischief. I am going out.'

5 comments:

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When I was a kid I always wondered why there was lots of Christmas books and hardly any Easter books. Of course later I realised that cute baby Jesus makes for a good kids book. Large hairy dead Jesus, not so much, even with the happy ending. We have a lovely Kevin Henkes Easter book (part of a boxed set) called Owen's Marshmallow Chick

Favourite Easter scene in a movie: the end of Steel Magnolias, when Daryl Hanna's character goes into labour at the Easter picnic.